-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two more arrests were made in connection with the shooting death of a Mississippi State University student on campus , bringing the total number of suspects to three , officials said Tuesday .

All three suspects are from the Jackson , Mississippi , metro area , and they are believed to be acquaintances of the victim , who is from Madison , Mississippi , said university Police Chief Georgia Lindley .

All three suspects are facing a charge of capital murder with the intent to sell a controlled substance , Lindley said .

Trent Deundra Crump turned himself in to authorities of Alachua County Sheriff 's Department in Gainesville , Florida , Lindley said .

Duntae Harvey , 21 , was arrested Monday and was being transferred Tuesday from Rankin County , where he has been held , university officials said .

Mason Perry Jones , 21 , of Jackson was arrested Monday in Memphis by members of the U.S. Marshal 's Fugitive Task Force , Lindley said .

The victim , John Sanderson , 21 , was found dead in Evans Hall , a dormitory for male students . The shooting took place place at 10 p.m. Saturday .

The suspects were apparently selling drugs and drugs were found at the scene of the shooting , Lindley told CNN affiliate WREG .

The shooting prompted the school to send a campus-wide alert through a series of text messages .

CNN 's Joe Sutton and Michael Martinez contributed to this report .

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NEW : One suspect turns himself in to authorities in Florida

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NEW : Another is arrested in Mississippi

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NEW : Earlier , a third supect was arrested in Tennessee

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NEW : All suspects are charged with capital murder with intent to sell a controlled substance